2002 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship

2002 FIBA Africa U-18 Championship
13th FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Egypt
Dates	August 2–9 2002
Teams	9
Venues	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Nigeria (5th title)
< 2000 2004 >

The 2002 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship was the 13th U-18 FIBA Africa championship, played under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the world basketball sport governing body. The tournament was held from August 2-9, 2002 at the Indoor Sport Hall of the Cairo Stadium in Cairo, Egypt, contested by 9 national teams and won by Nigeria.^[1]

The tournament qualified the winner and the runner-up for the 2003 FIBA Under-19 World Championship.

Format

The 12 teams were divided into two groups (Groups A+B) for the preliminary round.
Round robin for the preliminary round; the top two teams from each group advanced to the semifinals.
From there on a knockout system was used until the final.

Draw

Group A	Group B
Angola Ivory Coast Nigeria Senegal	Algeria Egypt Madagascar Mali South Africa

Preliminary round ^[2]^[3]

Group A

	Qualified for the semi-finals

Team	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Pts.
Mali	4	0	0	0	0	8
Algeria	3	1	0	0	0	7
Egypt	2	2	0	0	0	6
South Africa	1	3	0	0	0	5
Madagascar	0	4	0	0	0	4

Egypt

105–72

Indoor Sports Hall, Cairo

Algeria

vs.

Indoor Sports Hall, Cairo

Mali

vs.

Indoor Sports Hall, Cairo

vs.

Indoor Sports Hall, Cairo

Mali

vs.

Algeria

Indoor Sports Hall, Cairo

vs.

Indoor Sports Hall, Cairo

vs.

Mali

Indoor Sports Hall, Cairo

Algeria

vs.

Indoor Sports Hall, Cairo

vs.

Mali

Indoor Sports Hall, Cairo

vs.

Algeria

Indoor Sports Hall, Cairo

Group B

	Qualified for the semi-finals

Team	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Pts.
Nigeria	3	0	0	0	0	8
Angola	2	1	0	0	0	7
Ivory Coast	1	2	0	0	0	6
Senegal	0	3	0	0	0	5

August 4 2002

Senegal

59–87

Nigeria

Indoor Sports Hall, Cairo

Angola

70–53

Ivory Coast

Indoor Sports Hall, Cairo

August 5 2002

Ivory Coast

47–70

Nigeria

Indoor Sports Hall, Cairo

Senegal

79–80

Angola

Indoor Sports Hall, Cairo

August 6 2002

58–84

Nigeria

Indoor Sports Hall, Cairo

Ivory Coast

vs.

Senegal

Indoor Sports Hall, Cairo

Knockout stage

	Semi Finals				Final

	August 8 2002
	Nigeria	107
	Algeria	73

					August 6 2002
					Nigeria	80
					Angola	60


					3rd place
	August 8 2002			August 6 2002
	Angola	92		Algeria
	Mali	79			Mali

7th place match

August 8 2002

vs.

Senegal

Indoor Sports Hall, Cairo

5th place match

August 8 2002

vs.

Ivory Coast

Indoor Sports Hall, Cairo

Semifinals

August 8 2002

Angola

92–79

Mali

Indoor Sports Hall, Cairo

Nigeria

107–73

Algeria

Indoor Sports Hall, Cairo

Bronze medal game

August 9 2002

Algeria

vs.

Mali

Indoor Sports Hall, Cairo

Gold medal game

August 9 2002

Nigeria

80–60

Indoor Sports Hall, Cairo

Final Standings

	Qualified for the 2003 FIBA U19 World Championship

Rank	Team	Record
	Nigeria	5–0
	Angola	3–2
		–
4.		–
5.		–
6.		–
7.		–
8.		–
9.		–

Awards

2002 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship Winner
Nigeria Fifth title

Most Valuable Player

References

↑ "Nigeria beats Angola in junior basketball championship". PANAPRESS.com. 2002-08-10. Retrieved 2014-01-09.
↑ "Schedule & results". FIBA.com. Retrieved 2014-01-08.
↑ "Group standings". FIBA.com. Retrieved 2014-01-08.

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